Urgent Flash: ISIS Horde Hits Baghdad! What it Means to Investors …

Martin here, with a second, time-sensitive news update on the rapidly unfolding events in Syria, Iraq and the entire region — plus an analysis of what it means to investors like you.

But fair warning: This will be a hard column for some to read. DO NOT continue if you are easily offended or have a weak constitution.

DATELINE — BAGHDAD, IRAQ: While the world’s eyes are focused elsewhere, the world’s most brutal terrorist army since Genghis Khan is now bearing down on the ultimate prize — Baghdad.

Baghdad, one of the largest metropolitan centers in the Arab world, with millions people, with tens of thousands of Americans and other foreigners, and with Iraq’s largest military bases and arms depots.

Baghdad, formerly the capital of the powerful Abbasid Caliphate, a major cultural, commercial and intellectual center of the ancient Islamic world.

Baghdad, the successor of Babylon, one of the world’s first civilizations.

Baghdad, the next target of the mad, rampaging hordes from ISIS!

Late last week, ISIS had already penetrated the perimeters of the city, closing in on Baghdad’s international airport, the main gateway to Iraq used by military personnel, diplomats and business people from all over the world.

Over the weekend, they penetrated into the city even further.

And in the days ahead, it’s likely they will target the Green Zone (now called “International Zone”) — the nearly 4-square-mile, heavily-fortified enclave that houses Iraqi, U.S., British, French and other government officials and diplomats.

Baghdad citizens are terrified. Many are fleeing. The U.S. Embassy is advising citizens’ leaders to leave before the situation grows more dangerous; a tacit admission that ISIS could take the capital.

Pray for Baghdad, its millions residents and the hundreds of U.S. personnel stationed there.

DATELINE — KOBANI, SYRIA: The main reason few have paid attention to the ISIS attacks on Baghdad is because nearly the entire world has been focused on the imminent fall of Kobani, the Kurdish town near the Syrian-Turkish border.

A week ago, I warned you about a likely massacre there, long before most had even heard of this town. Plus, I warned it was shaping up to be a shocking defeat for the U.S.-led coalition of over 60 countries and groups.

Now, U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura agrees. When it falls, he says, “thousands will mostly likely be massacred,” much like we witnessed during the 1995 massacre of Srebrenica, Bosnia, Europe’s worst atrocity since World War II — all while U.N. peacekeepers stood by, virtually helpless.

This means that the U.S.-led coalition forces bombing ISIS in Iraq and Syria are on the verge of a massive, horrifying defeat.

In fact, in a thinly-veiled attempt to pre-empt politically fatal criticism, coalition leaders, including President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry were already admitting the inevitability of that defeat BEFORE the town was more than one-third lost.

Pray for Kobani and those who remain among its 400,000 former residents.

DATELINE — ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ: Despite coalition air strikes — and despite the efforts of the Iraqi military and Sunni fighters — ISIS now controls 80 percent of this massive province, bigger than the states of New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

According to Iraq’s Minister of Electricity, Qassim Al-Fahdawi, the fall of Ramadi “their pathway to Baghdad” is next.

And according to the Washington Post …

“Islamic State fighters are threatening to overrun Iraq’s Anbar province … giving the militants control of one of the country’s most important dams and several large army installations, potentially adding to their abundant stockpile of weapons. It would also allow them to establish a supply line from Syria almost to Baghdad and give them a valuable position from which to launch attacks on the Iraqi capital.”

Mistura has urged Turkey to allow in volunteers to Syria to defend the town from Islamic State militants.

For the tortured, horrified residents of Fallujah, a major city of Anbar province, this is not new — ISIS captured the city over nine months ago, at a time when most people outside of the region didn’t even know ISIS existed.

And less than two weeks ago, ISIS released photos of its attacks on Camp Saqlawiyah near Fallujah plus its massacre of hundreds of Iraqi troops there.

Another 300 Iraqi defenders died in an ISIS chlorine gas attack.

At least 170 women have been raped by ISIS in the province. Married women are told their marriages are invalid under the “true Islam,” and they are given to ISIS soldiers as sex slaves to reward them for their “bravery.” Unmarried women and girls are sold to the highest bidders in street auctions.

Pray for Fallujah, its 327,000 residents and for all of Anbar Province, with its nearly two million people.

Why ISIS Is the Greatest Threat to Mankind
In the History of Modern Civilization

The world knows all about terrorist organizations and extremist militias: Al Qaeda, which downed twin towers in the world’s largest financial center … Hezbollah and Hamas, which lob rockets randomly on civilian towns and cities … the Shiite Mahdi Army, which killed hundreds of Americans in Iraq’s civil war.

The world also knows all about rogue states — Iran, ruled by feudal mullahs who finance global terrorists and Syria, which bombs its own people with banned chemical weapons.

But this is the first time since the dark ages that mankind has seen a rogue state AND terrorist horde rolled into one — the first ever modern terrorist state with a well-equipped terrorist ARMY!

A terrorist state with 30,000 soldiers and millions of subjects …

A terrorist state that collects taxes and exports crude oil …

That targets every minority group for genocide …

That beheads innocent civilians from foreign lands, and …

That instantly transmits the gory images to the far corners of the earth.

A state so powerful that, in order to stop it, the world’s leading democracies find themselves fighting on the same side with the same terrorists (Hezbollah), the same Shiite militia that killed Americans (Mahdi Army) and the same two rogue states I just mentioned (Iran and Syria).

It’s a threat so frightening that even those terrorists and rogue states are said to be the “lesser of evils.”

One of the Greatest Migrations of
Wealth in the History of Money

In Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, Oman and other Middle Eastern nations — including Israel — wealthy investors and institutions are increasingly desperate to get their assets to safety.

Meanwhile, wealthy investors in other world trouble spots — China, Hong Kong, Russia, Eastern Europe and the European Union — are following suit.

Much of that wealth is already coming here — to the world’s safest large haven. Much more is bound to follow.

Will it go mostly into cash and equivalents? For now, probably yes.

Will it also flow into stocks? Probably. That has been the pattern so far … and that’s the pattern we could see again.

But beware: This is money fleeing from danger. It is not looking for more risk. It will target almost exclusively the highest possible quality investments in the world today.

I think you should do the same.

Good luck and God bless!

Martin

Dr. Weiss founded Weiss Research in 1971 and has dedicated his entire career to helping millions of average investors find truly safe havens and investments. He is Chairman of the Weiss Group, which includes Weiss Research and Weiss Ratings, the nation’s leading independent rating agency accepting no fees from rated companies. His last three books have all been New York Times Bestsellers and his most recent title is The Ultimate Money Guide for Bubbles, Busts, Recesssion and Depression.

It’s because they are moslems who are following the Koran to the letter. They are demon filled and that gives them their power and confidence. Turkey is Satan’s throne and he is removing Christians their Godly influence from the region and as that happens he gets more and more powerful. This is prophecy for those that have the eyes to see.

MTHSaturday, October 18, 2014 at 5:29 pm

I truely believe ISIS is the AntiChrist. It won’t be long before the return of Jesus.

EYEONFASTBALLMonday, June 1, 2015 at 8:23 am

I HOPE YOU ARE RIGHT…I AM READY

kenoMonday, October 13, 2014 at 11:34 am

the only useful part of this article is the wealth migration part. the rest of it is western media spin to cover for western power elite deceptive plans for world dominion with use of creating, arming and financing terrorist groups over there. And theyll probably be bring them over here soon. they got power, hello totalitarianism!

FritzSaturday, October 18, 2014 at 10:28 am

Keno, go back to bed.

CoozbeeSaturday, October 18, 2014 at 12:14 pm

LOL. Now that was funny. Keno is full of CRAP!!!

elizabeth wesleySaturday, October 18, 2014 at 9:21 pm

Maybe the zionist jews are the antichrist, they worship satan and Rev 2:9 and 3:9 talks about “The blasphemy of those who say they are jews but are not”.

BigSaturday, October 18, 2014 at 8:39 am

Keno, this is not msnbc nor al sharp tons blog, you are on the wrong side…..wrong as usual.

RUSS SMITHSaturday, October 18, 2014 at 9:12 am

Hi!, Patrons Of Money And Markets Et Al; Dr. Weiss/Staff:
For those of you who don’t “SEE IT” allow me to say that the ferocity demonstrated in this article is to be compared with the ferocity with which the Jews extracted the Palestinians from their homes, farms, orchards etc.; according to the book Conquest Through Immigration provided me years ago by my deceased mentor. The British use to overlord the Gulf regions and then mixed up the whole relationship complex when they initiated the Balfour Agreement leaving the lands to both the Israelis and the Palestinians which caused the original problems and thereby prompted the economic/political/theological/geolographical clashes continuing today. We use to discuss this at work years ago and my point was always here in OUR Western Civilization the issue is determined by who has the deed to the property upon which we are regulated to pay OUR property taxes without shooting anyone. But the Israelis covered for their military takeover, by telling the world that this is land promised to them by their God but show me anywhere in their scriptures or ours where God promised them the lands? This approach has been adhered to by OUR overzealous evangelical Churches backing Israel against the Arabs and the Arabs know this which means that the untoward efforts by such political personalities such as John Kerry will have no lasting effects in terms of solving this conflict over who owns what lands in these regions. We just as well could attempt to put out a raging 50 foot bonfire with a single ice cube in my opinion. Now, we have the potential for nuclear clashes don’t we in this region and all because the Jews, who were wondering nomads throughout all this world looking to stone adulterous women etc., decided to terrorize the Arabs and take over their lands not by purchases allowing for Trust Deeds but for the mere costs and physical efforts of military force. This is good business it has been said for the Military Industrial Complex Corporations supplying weapons and ammo. etc. to both sides for profits but only by wedging taxpayers in the middle paying the bills even if paying the bills means buying high price gas produced from Arab oil with additional costs added via inflation etc . Today the Military Industrial Complex Corporations have extended their octopus arms collecting profits from how many other nations up in arms against one another such as India and Pakistan etc.?
“Except those days be shortened there should be no flesh saved”, said Jesus. Amazing to me that so many blindsided taxpayers are willing to allow themselves to be suckered into this under undue threats sparking a sense of eminent duress that their way of life is being threatened unless they contribute their money to it. Is this really the actual fruits we want to achieve from the use of OUR hard earned $’s? Is it any wonder OUR National budget debts are almost 18 trillion dollars and counting? How much longer can OUR parasites continue to feed off of we the people their hosts without killing their hosts is anyone’s guess.
RUSS SMITH, CA. (One Of Our Broke, Fiat Money States)resmith1942@gmail.com

SheepDogSaturday, October 18, 2014 at 9:40 am

@Russ, finally a quiet, sane reason voice with a good summary of the Balfour Agreement.
To answer one point. The vile LBJ passed and ensared the churches with the 501c3 exempt status. Zionists like Hagee out of San Antonio perpetuate the myth of Gawds chosen people.

This was true until the resurrection. Paul spoke of the spirit. The circumcision of the spirit not of the member on the 8th day per the law of Moses. Niethe rjew nor gentile,But we live in a world of deception and the alleged khristian church like the pahrisseical system of old is in bed with the cesar of today. Nothing has changed. Satan is the master of deception. 450,000 churches in amerika and the nation is burning thanks to the adulterated armenian gospel spewed every day.

Thanks for clarity of the topic maybe some wil understand we are still paying homage to the crown to this day.

FritzSaturday, October 18, 2014 at 10:29 am

Keno, go back to bed.

fisher 4090Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 11:57 am

Once again USA and Europe show themself as political impotents. Instead of showing their power and give a lesson to those butchers in Iraq and Syria they will blame Israel, the only democratic country in the region. And political correctness instead of common sense and helpless so called leaders of those countries instead of powerful intellectuals in the past will do political situation in the world even more dangerous.

OnnoticeSaturday, October 18, 2014 at 12:20 pm

@Sheepdog/Russ: respectfully, you have enough information to be dangerous , spewing out half truths, you know absolutely nothing about the history of Judaism or Christainity than the man in the moon! Your cheap slant on the big picture is less than, Satan thinks he will win over Israel. You have more of a chance in going to Hell than Israel being defeated, without His help! What you think God hasn’t done for you or a loved one isn’t cause to hate on God and His people. You just have a weak constitution to have enough faith to except the true results, you had no right to ask God for anything, until you repented from your sins, John 3:16-18, then being a child if God, had every right to ask anything according to His will, in Jesus name, and he will grant it. But since you refused to do as he asks, you cry like babies, whine like children over the blessings God has given to His Children, including me! So pointing your finger at Israel, is your lousy excuse for knowledge, just remember, when pointing your finger at Israel, you have three pointing Back at yourselves! Guilt is a folly to blame others for your correctable errors in accusations.

JOhn D.Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 4:38 pm

Amen

Wayne A. BiszickSaturday, October 18, 2014 at 2:16 pm

ISIS has openly declared themselves and continually pursued their stated goals to convert us all to ISLAM or kill us all.
Isn’t it about time that we BELIEVE them and start pulling out all the stops to prevent their eventual success?

eyeonfastballSaturday, October 18, 2014 at 3:01 pm

We have the power but not the leadership WE just need the will to go forward and KILL the bastards GOD will be there to help and guide us….Where is there a General Patton when you really need one.

JacksonSaturday, October 18, 2014 at 2:36 pm

ISIS is on a par with the IDF !!

zbigniewSaturday, October 18, 2014 at 6:15 pm

isis is on par with the afghan mujahadeen who ousted the ussr with western funding.maybe. was that a conspiracy theory too? us uk and israel could smsh isis in days. the idea is to let them get so big that the world screams for them to do so.
problem-reaction-solution. the sheeple are hopeless. in 400 year since machiavelli
only a few have understood ‘ the best enemy is the one you control yourself.’ despite
the internet the blind lead the blind and the owl sees in the dark.

how many have read the art of war, the prince, or the grand chessboard? 1 in 10000000? no point in educating dumb bunnies who cry ‘ conspiracy theory!’

randySaturday, October 18, 2014 at 3:46 pm

the greatest threat to mankind is AMERIKA…after all we fund muslim terrorism and just change the name of the catch all phrase for the groups as a whole to further befuddle the asleep ameriKan people. al qaeda is now isis. when will martinweiss and his subscribers ever wake up??

JOhn D.Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 4:42 pm

We understand that randy, Out problem is in Obama’s administration and freedom killing Politicians.

LizelotSaturday, October 18, 2014 at 4:49 pm

There’s clearly a dangerous amount of disinfo on this site by well-meaning but un-informed contributors
. The present danger is IS, a deranged group of fanatics who are filled with hatred for anybody who thinks, acts, or even looks different from themselves, they even hate and slaughter fellow muslims. It’s so intolerant that racism doesn’t even come close to their derangement. M. Easterners know their peril and are understandably panicked. But, it IS their back yard, and Obama abandoned Iraq prematurely, seems determined to uphold the farce of a coalition of virtual non-combatants, and it’s time we concentrated on OUR own backyard.
Because THAT is what counts and needs to be protected and prepared. Is there any movement toward that end? Or is the USA again going to debate and wait until the eleventh hour, like in WW2? We’d better have a truly patriotic, far-seeing government by then, yes?

Cliff, FLSaturday, October 18, 2014 at 5:09 pm

“The only thing that man has learned from history is the fact that mankind has learned NOTHING from history.” Today, it all boils down to just 3 words – money, greed, power. Take them in any order you want.

elizabeth wesleySaturday, October 18, 2014 at 9:14 pm

Why pray? The other side prays too. It is obvious the one you pray to has turned His back on the evil all over the world including the “exceptional” U.S.
ISIS has US jeeps and weapons; well armed they are indeed!
At least Russia is having a dry spell from US persecution as the US is too busy right now wringing their hands over what they started so long ago in the middle east. Too bad the innocent are in the midst of this maelstrom.

Anna LawlerSunday, October 19, 2014 at 12:10 pm

I agree with you Elizabeth, “Why pray?” People have prayed for a great revival, and now it is happening. Tribulation brought me down on my arrogant, stubborn knees to seek help from my Creator. Now it is happening to others on a major scale. End time prophecy?? I don’t know.
I have experienced that my ‘prayers’ are answered when I follow the ‘request’ with worship, thanks, and faith that ‘it is done’. Now I enjoy the journey knowing I am protected and provided for as He promised those who came into His Kingdom to be protected and provided for by Him. If a person is not in His Kingdom….WHY should He protect them???? The concept goes back to the feudal system of going to the lord of an estate and asking for his protection and provision from marauders in the countryside. I asked the Creator to be my Lord.
I apologize about ‘being on my soapbox’. I simply need to show His love to all people. With all the tribulation going on in this world, He is giving me a lot of opportunities to just open my heart, my home, my wallet and love on them. ( note: I don’t use the word ‘god’ anymore. There are many interpretations for god all over this world….but there is only one interpretation when I say ‘Creator’ .)
** I what to give kudos to Martin’s company and website. For years it has provided knowledge and sound understanding of financial concepts for me, so that I have wisdom to act accordingly ….

LindaSaturday, October 18, 2014 at 10:25 pm

What are the “highest possible quality investments in the world today?” We read Weiss reports/newsletters for this information but have not gotten the answer,

BrendaSunday, October 19, 2014 at 2:00 am

What the heck is that peaceful picture of people in prayer really meant to convey?
Rather shocked at a Weiss report like this.

JohnSunday, October 19, 2014 at 4:20 am

http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_67670.shtml
“Obama’s hysterical and very selective presentation of ISIS crimes forms the pretext for launching another war against a predominantly Muslim country, Syria, while shielding his close ally, the royal Saudi decapitator from US public outrage. ISIS crimes have become another excuse to launch a campaign of ‘mass decapitation by drones and bombers’. The mass propaganda campaign over one crime against humanity becomes the basis for perpetrating even worse crimes against humanity. Many hundreds of innocent civilians in Syria and Iraq will be dismembered by ‘anti-terrorist’ bombs and drones unleashed by another of Obama’s ‘coalition’.

The localized savagery of ISIS will be multiplied, amplified and spread by the US-directed ‘coalition of the willing decapitators’. The terror of hooded beheaders on the ground will be answered and expanded by their faceless counterparts in the air, while delicately hiding the heads rolling through the public squares of Riyadh or the headless bodies displayed along the highways of Mexico … and especially ignoring the hidden victims of US-Saudi aggression in the towns and villages of Syria.”

JohnSunday, October 19, 2014 at 4:23 am

“Obama’s hysterical and very selective presentation of ISIS crimes forms the pretext for launching another war against a predominantly Muslim country, Syria, while shielding his close ally, the royal Saudi decapitator from US public outrage. ISIS crimes have become another excuse to launch a campaign of ‘mass decapitation by drones and bombers’. The mass propaganda campaign over one crime against humanity becomes the basis for perpetrating even worse crimes against humanity. Many hundreds of innocent civilians in Syria and Iraq will be dismembered by ‘anti-terrorist’ bombs and drones unleashed by another of Obama’s ‘coalition’.

The localized savagery of ISIS will be multiplied, amplified and spread by the US-directed ‘coalition of the willing decapitators’. The terror of hooded beheaders on the ground will be answered and expanded by their faceless counterparts in the air, while delicately hiding the heads rolling through the public squares of Riyadh or the headless bodies displayed along the highways of Mexico … and especially ignoring the hidden victims of US-Saudi aggression in the towns and villages of Syria.”http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_67670.shtml

LanceSunday, October 19, 2014 at 5:23 pm

If every few years you got the flu and now you had a strep throat it would be incorrect and possibly dangerous to think that you just had a bad case of the flu this year. Over the last hundred years there have been numerous recessions but only two depressions, the depression of 1929-1941 and the depression that began in 2007. The symptoms of strep throat and scarlet fever may be similar to that of the flu or common cold. However, causes of the former are the streptococcus bacteria while influenza is viral. Hence, strep throat and scarlet fever require antibiotics which are useless against viruses. Likewise, believing that the depression that started in 2007 is just a severe recession is quite dangerous to both investors and policy makers. As long as many policy makers appear not to realize the distinctions between recessions and depressions, investors ignore those distinctions at their peril

The effects of the 2007 depression are much less severe than the 1929-41 depression because of safety-net benefits now provided. Consider the horrendous, though not uncommon situation of a household in 1932 comprised of elderly grandparents being supported by their working-age children with young children of their own, when the breadwinners became unemployed. The 1932 family would be destitute. Today the grandparents would have social security and Medicare benefits. Their working-age children could now collect unemployment benefits for up to 99 weeks. Additionally, the entire family could also be eligible for food stamps, Medicaid, rent subsidies, heating fuel subsidies, free school lunches and other benefits. The 1932 family might also have had a bank account in one of the many banks that failed and lost their savings. Today, Federal Deposit Insurance protects such bank accounts. You might say we are now in a depression with benefits…”http://seekingalpha.com/article/1543642

StanMonday, October 20, 2014 at 12:29 pm

Please stop the insanity. Guys like Russ Smith and Sheepdog and the others spewing out scripture and God’s supposed judgment miss the point. ISIS is nothing about religion. Nice excuse. I cannot think of a more Godless region of the world than Syria, Iraq and Iran. Only when they threaten Israel does the conversation really heat up about God’s interest in the region. God neither figures into ISIS’s machinations to power nor their everyday planning to conquest. Like Genghis Khan they see only landscape in front of them and daylight burning. Sure there is the tattle of convert or die. Those they conquer will die literally or give up what ever freedoms they have to live as conquered slaves. That’s a real death. All of those interested in blaming God, Great Britain, LBJ, George Bush or this IDIOT president Obama or our DO NOTHING CONGRESS get in line and just wait for the insanity to arrive onto our shores. Extrapolate out the months its been since you first heard the acronym ISIS in square miles of conquered land and you have them setting foot on virgin USA soil what Christmas 2016 maybe? Maybe even sooner since all they have to do is conquer any road in Mexico leading to our unsecured southern boarder. They don’t have to announce they’re coming and won’t. In doing nothing, Obama will figure most highly into the equations to judge how ISIS rose to power and how freely we allowed them to take over our guns, airplanes and tanks in Iraq. Unbelievable short sightedness on the part of this idiot’s administration to bomb ISIS targets when they are driving our hardware across the desert. Bombing should be a continual carpet offensive like in Vietnam. Soon they’ll be flying our jet fighters over Israel and Iran. When they threaten Russia or China will they then agree it’s time to fight? With all the US war equipment under their power ISIS will roll across the rest of the Muslim world. When they arrive on the shores of the Dead Sea won’t that be a biblical sight. Then maybe we will pray. No one is really talking about that. Wander why? We have the media and idiots like Obama, Russ Smith and SheepDog to thank for that. Instead of cursing God or trying to minimize the place of God in this world maybe we should be voting and yelling out “I’m mad as hell and I’m not taking it anymore”. Vote the “Do nothing Democrats” out of office and put a fear of replacement in the rest of the Congress. I realize that leaves the “Do Nothing Republicans” in power. But it’s the best chance to get some real CHANGE going in Washington.

EYEONFASTBALLMonday, June 1, 2015 at 8:47 am

STAN WHAT YOU JUST SAID REALLY NEEDED TO BE SAID, WE NEED MORE THINKING PEOPLE SUCH AS YOU.. I HAVE CHILDREN AND GREAT GRAND CHILDREN. WHEN I GET UP THERE SOON I WILL BEG JESUS TO COME AS FAT AS POSSIBLE…WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE KIND LEADING THE COUNTRY TODAY I THINK GOD WILL CUT HIS LEGS OFF.

EdnaMonday, October 20, 2014 at 6:15 pm

Praise the Lord! I know the Lord and I know where I am going when the Lord returns. I am busy about His work witnessing to others. I hope a loved one witnesses to some of the people that have put their comments in. I believe time is short!

JoMonday, October 20, 2014 at 9:55 pm

Now I’m so damned confused I don’t know where I’ll go.

EYEONFASTBALLMonday, June 1, 2015 at 8:25 am

WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF ATOMIC BOMBS WHY NOT USE A COUPLE OF THEM

Richard A SmithTuesday, October 21, 2014 at 12:23 pm

Sad to say, our “political leadership” don’t have the balls of a gnat amongst them. Where is Harry S Truman when you need him? We have TRILLIONS of dollars worth of neutron bombs stockpiled, gathering dust and being guarded at great cost. Dust ’em off, load ’em up on our trillion dollar B-1 bombers and USE THEM. Ooooh – we might kill some innocents? So sorry, but that’s known as collateral damage. Until we exhibit some strength every piss-pot dictator/mahdi/grand poohbah in the world is going to feel safe and secure in murdering our citizens. Such actions would turn “them” against us. ****NEWS FLASH**** Those folks hate us! Why? Who knows, maybe Frank Burns was right – they envy our indoor toilets.